Future Intelligent
未来智能
Future Intelligent (未来智能) is an AI hardware company founded and led by CEO Ma Xiao, building on iFLYTEK's voice technology heritage to make consumer AI earphones. Its Xunfei AI earphones have topped e-commerce platform sales rankings for AI earphones, and the company has achieved sustained profitability since launch . The company has raised multiple funding rounds in 2025, including a nine-figure RMB round from Ant Group and Qiming Venture Partners that marked its third financing of the year . Its product approach centers on using recorded ambient audio as an "ear" for AI, supplementing physical-world context to bridge gaps in AI situational awareness . Linear Capital also counts it as a portfolio company, with one of its representatives, Wang Chao, speaking on its behalf in 2023 .
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Fresh off a nine-figure funding round, how does he plan to crack the "impossible triangle" of AI hardware? | A conversation with Xiao Ma: Founder/CEO of iFLYTEK Future Intelligence
Event Registration | Sept. 6, Zhongguancun — Join the TICLab Salon to Discuss Visions for AI Native Devices
Linear Capital director Zheng Can will attend the discussion.
Destruction Precedes Creation: Rebooting the Era of General Artificial Intelligence
On August 22, Chinese tech think tank *Jazzyear* hosted the "2023 Jazzyear Gravitational Force X Tech Industry Investment Conference" in Beijing. Dozens of industry leaders gathered to discuss cutting-edge topics, using AI and other hard-tech investments as a starting point to analyze emerging trends in the tech industry and explore new directions, opportunities, and futures for the sector. In 2023, generative AI led by ChatGPT has swept across the globe, ushering in a second wave of artificial intelligence.
